AMD Based Budget Gaming PC

JCX50

JCX50

JCX50

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Hello all,

Just want to play games on medium/high settings @ 1080p.
Will this be enough?

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD560KWOHJBOX) £79.99
1 x Asus HD 6670 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £71.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £64.99
1 x Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite Power 500W Power Supply £32.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard II Midi Tower Case - Black/Orange £26.99
1 x Patriot Viper 3 "Venom Red" 4GB DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Single Module (P34G189UR) £20.99
Total : £379.34 (includes shipping : £17.85).



And yes, I will be Overclocking the S*** out of the CPU.

Thanks

JCX50
 
Alternative intel build for slightly more and would put you in better stead for games i would think?

this build also leaves you in great position to upgrade to i5 when moneys allow in future which would give a huge boost.

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £155.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77M-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £86.99
1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £36.98
1 x Xigmatek Asgard II Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black/Orange £32.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £29.99
Total : £413.93 (includes shipping : £12.50).



your build

cant see the point in specing a low end system with a high end cpu cooler seems that money could be spent elsehwere.

4gb ram will limit you in some games, such as planetside 2 i know hammers the ram, sometimes has me up to almost 6gb.

that case is out of stock, ive replaced with windowed version.

i would also check to see if that case can support the noctua fan as its a good sized fan. (i cant find its immeadiate specs on fan sized supported)

if you were dead set on getting that AMD build i would drop the fan to a lower spec and spend money on getting 8gb of faster ram.
 
 
 
I'd go with Hono's build. However, it depends on your budget. If say £380 was your max budget, then something like this may be more appropriate:
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £64.99
1 x Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Adata XPG Xtreme v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C10 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (AX3U2133XC4G10-2X) £47.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
Total : £371.50 (includes shipping : £10.50).



And then adding a secondhand GTX 460/6850 when funds allow. Of course, I'd recommend an Intel builld - such as the one Hono specced - over a Trinity build. An i3 and a 7850 will run most games on high at 1080p.
 
honosuseri said:
I'd be aiming for something like this fella to be honest

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £155.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £89.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £69.98
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £29.99
Total : £432.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).

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Yes but there is no graphics card in this build. I want to play games out of the box if possible
 
dunn2010 said:
Alternative intel build for slightly more and would put you in better stead for games i would think?

this build also leaves you in great position to upgrade to i5 when moneys allow in future which would give a huge boost.

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £155.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77M-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £86.99
1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £36.98
1 x Xigmatek Asgard II Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black/Orange £32.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £29.99
Total : £413.93 (includes shipping : £12.50).



your build

cant see the point in specing a low end system with a high end cpu cooler seems that money could be spent elsehwere.

4gb ram will limit you in some games, such as planetside 2 i know hammers the ram, sometimes has me up to almost 6gb.

that case is out of stock, ive replaced with windowed version.

i would also check to see if that case can support the noctua fan as its a good sized fan. (i cant find its immeadiate specs on fan sized supported)

if you were dead set on getting that AMD build i would drop the fan to a lower spec and spend money on getting 8gb of faster ram.
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Do you know what clock speed I can get my CPU up to with the stock fan?
 
Do you know what clock speed I can get my CPU up to with the stock fan?
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not off the top fo my head no, but it wont be much more. if you look at hono's spec he managed to squeeze an i3 in. you wont need to overclock the i3 at all. it will handle games at its default stock speed.
 
 
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JCX50 said:
Could you make homo's spec cheaper? I really don't care about the case
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Consider yourself on the blacklist fella, you are not funny. I genuinely was trying to help and I would normally explain why I selected those parts but I can see from your posts here and on other threads you are just spamming to get free P&P.

I'll leave the other members to deal with your threads and poor sense of humour
 
 
 
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